Central  New  York 


Car  Service  Association. 

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Memorandum  of  Agreement 


AND 

RULES. 


As  Amended  and  in  Effect  February  2^,  1892. 


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Central  New  York  Car  Service  Association. 


OFFICERS  1891-2: 

CHAIRMAN: 

Theodore  Voorhees,  N.  Y.  C.  & H.  R.  R.  R. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE: 

The  Chairman. 

A.  H.  Schwarz,  D.,  L.  & W.  R.  R. 

H.  D.  Titus,  L.  V.  R.  R. 

Geo  A.  Thompson,  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  & W.  R.  R. 
C.  W.  Bradley,  W.  S.  R.  R. 

MANAGER: 

F.  G.  Jewett. 


OFFICE  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION : 


West  Shore  Station,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


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Memorandum  of  Agreement. 


Memorandum  of  Agreement  made,  and  entered  into  this  1st  day 
of  July,  1891,  and  as  amended  at  a Special  Meeting  of  the  Associa- 
tion called  for  that  purpose  and  held  at  the  office  of  the  Association 
February  25,  1892,  by  and  between  the  following  Railroad  Com- 
panies,  namely  : 

Bennington  & Rutland  Railway,  Canada  Atlantic  Railway,  Cen- 
tral Vermont  Railroad,  Connecticut  River  Railroad,  Del- 
aware & Hudson  Canal  Company,  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
& Western  Railroad,  Elmira,  Cortland  & Northern  Railroad, 
Fall  Brook  Coal  Company,  Fitchburg  Railroad,  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  New  York  Cen- 
tral & Hudson  River  Railroad,  New  York,  Lake  Erie  & 
Western  Railroad,  New  York,  Ontario  & Western  Railroad, 
Northern  Central  Railway,  Rome,  Watertown  & Ogdens- 
burg  Railroad,  Syracuse  & Baldwinsville  Railway,  Syracuse, 
Binghamton  & New  York  Railroad,  Syracuse”  Ontario  & 
New  York  Railway,  West  Shore  Railroad. 

Witnesseth  : That  for  the  purposes,  and  in  consideration  of  the 
agreements  hereinafter  specified,  the  subscribers  hereto  form  an 
Association  to  be  known  as  the  Central  New  York  Car  Service 
Association,  agreeing  to  and  with  each  other  that  the  said  Associ- 
ation and  the  members  thereof  shall  be  governed  by  this  Agree- 
ment, and  by  such  rules  as  may  be  adopted  under  and'  by  authority 
of  the  same.  ' 

ARTICLE  I. 

Section  1.  The  object  of  this  Association  is  to  secure  the 
prompt  loading  and  unloading  of  cars,  and  to  enforce  a reasonable 
and  uniform  charge  for  the  detention  of  cars  and  use  of  tracks  as 
provided  in  this  Agreement. 


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Sec.  2.  Membership  in  this  Association  shall  be  by  roads,  and 
each  road  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote  on  any  question  to  be  de- 
cided in  that  manner,  which  may  arise  under  this  Agreement. 

Sec.  3.  Each  road  shall . be  represented  by  the  ranking 
officer  of  its  transportation  department  present  at  meetings  of  the 
Association,  or  by  such  other  officer  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
member  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  shall  be  held 
in  Syracuse  at  10  a.  m.,  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  the  month  of 
July.  A majority  of  the  membership  shall  constitute  a quorum 
for  the  transaction  of  business  at  regular  or  special  meetings,  and 
unless  otherwise  herein  provided,  all  matters  presented  at  such 
meetings  shall  require  a two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present 
for  their  adoption. 

Sec.  5.  The  Association  shall,  by  a majority  vote  at  each  annual 
meeting,  elect  a Chairman  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year.  The 
Chairman  shall  preside  at  all  meetings,  and  shall  have  general 
supervision  over  the  workings  of  the  Association. 

Sec.  6.  The  Chairman  and  four  members  to  be  elected  at  each 
annual  meeting  of  the  Association  shall  constitute  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Sec.  7.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  cause  to  be  kept  in  the 
office  of  the  Manager  a record  of  the  proceedings  of  all  meetings 
of  the  Association  and  of  the  Committee,  and  will  direct  the  pro- 
mulgation of  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  informa- 
tion of  the  Association.  It  shall  make  provision  for  examining 
and  auditing  the  records  and  accounts  of  the  Manager. 

Sec.  8.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  have  power  to  make 
such  rules  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this 
Association,  and  to  decide  all  questions  which  may  arise  under 
this  Agreement,  and  such  rules  and  decisions  shall  govern  until 
changed  by  the  Association.  A majority  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee shall  constitute  a quorum,  and  at  meetings  thereof  the 
majority  shall  govern.  Meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee  shall 
be  held  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  each  month,  commencing 
at  10  a.  m. 


Sec.  9.  Special  meetings  of  the  Association  shall  be  called  by 
the  Chairman  at  the  request  ol  the  Executive  Committee,  or  of 
any  three  members  of  the  Association,  and  the  call  shall  state  the 
object  of  the  meeting.  Each  member  shall  be  notified  of  special 
meetings  at  least  five  days  prior  to  the  date  thereof. 

Sec.  10.  At  any  regular  or  special  meeting  the  Association 
may,  by  a two-thirds  vote  of  those  present,  adopt  any  change 
which  may  be  proposed  in  this  Agreement  or  the  rules,  and  such 
action  shall  be  binding  upon  all  the  members. 

AETICLE  II. 

Section  1.  The  Association  shall,  by  a majority  vote  at  each 
annual  meeting,  appoint  a Manager  for  the  ensuing  year,  who  shall 
be  ex-officio  Secretary  of  the  Association  and  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Sec.  2.  The  Manager  shall  have  authority  to  employ  a sufficient 
force  of  clerks  to  keep  the  records  and  accounts  of  his  office,  and 
to  incur  such  other  expense  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  purposes  of 
this  Agreement.  All  salaries  and  expenses  shall  be  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  3.  The  Manager  shall  arrange  to  obtain  from  the  Local 
Agents  of  the. respective  roads  at  the  points  covered  by  this  Agree- 
ment proper  daily  reports  of  all  cars  subject  to  car  service  rules  ; 
and  such  agents  and  other  local  officers  and  agents  of  the  respec- 
tive roads  shall  be  instructed  to  furnish  such  daily  reports,  and 
such  other  information  in  relation  to  car  service  matters  as  may  be 
required  by  the  Manager  for  the  purposes  of  this  Agreement. 

Sec.  4.  The  Manager  shall  make  monthly  reports  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Association,  showing  respectively,  by  roads,  the  ex- 
penses of  the  Association  ; the  number  of  cars  handled,  and  the 
average  detention  thereto ; the  amount  of  car  service  charges  col- 
lected, uncollected  and  refunded  ; and  such  other  information  as 
may  be  directed  by  the  Executive  Committee  or  the  Association. 
He  shall  also  report  anything  of  general  interest  that  may  occur 
in  the  workings  of  the  Association. 


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Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Manager  to  see  that  the  pur- 
poses for  which  the  Association  is  formed  are  not  evaded  or  de- 
feated, He  shall  use  every  legitimate  effort  to  have  all  the  prom- 
ises and  agreements  herein  contained  strictly  observed  by  all  the 
parties  hereto.  He  shall  make  written  reports  of  his  investiga- 
tions in  all  cases  of  violation  of  this  Agreement  coming  to  his 
knowledge,  and  of  his  action  thereon,  accompanied  by  such  docu- 
mentary evidence  as  may  be  in  his  possession. 

Sec.  6.  The  Manager  shall  construe  this  Agreement  and  all 
rules  and  resolutions  adopted  thereunder,  and  his  construction  of 
the  intent  and  meaning  thereof  shall  be  binding  on  all  the  parties 
hereto  until  changed  by  the  Executive  Committee  or  the  Asso- 
ciation. 

Sec.  7.  The  Manager  is  authorized  to  consider  claims  for  re- 
funding car  service  charges  alleged  to  have  been  incurred  without 
fault  on  the  part  of  the  shipper  or  consignee,  and  to  order  the 
refunding  of  the  same,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  in  his  judgment 
be  just  and  proper.  He  shall  keep  a record  of  all  such  claims  and 
of  his  action  thereon,  subject  to  review  and  approval  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee.  Claims  of  this  kind  shall  not  be  considered 
by  the  Manager  unless  accompanied  by  receipted  bills  for  the 
amount  paid. 

Sec.  8.  The  Manager  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  include  under  this  Agreement  and  apply  car  service 
rules  at  such  additional  points  as  may,  from  time  to  time,  be 
agreed  upon  by  all  the  members  interested  thereat. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Section  1.  It  is  agreed  that  the  expenses  of  the  Association 
shall  be  paid  by  the  several  members  thereof  on  such  equitable 
basis  as  may  be  determined  upon,  from  time  to  time,  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  or  the  Association.  Such  expenses  shall  embrace 
the  following : First,  salary  of  the  Manager  and  other  employees. 
Second,  rent  of  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  Association  and  the  fur- 
nishing of  such  rooms.  Third,  office  blanks,  stationery  and  other 
necessary  expenditures. 


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Sec.  2.  The  Manager  shall  make  proper  vouchers  against  each 
member  on  or  after  the  25th  day  of  each  month  for  its  proportion 
of  the  expenses  of  that  month,  accompanied  by  a statement  thereof, 
which  voucher  shall  be  paid  on  or  before  the  15th  of  the  month 
following. 

Sec.  3.  The  Manager  shall  keep  in  his  office,  subject  to  inspec- 
tion by  any  member,  a full  account  of  all  moneys  received  and 
paid  out  for  the  expenses  of  the  Association,  with  proper  vouchers 
or  receipts  for  such  payments. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

'Section  1.  Car  service  charges  accruing  under  the  rules  of  the 
Association  shall  be  collected  by  and  belong  to  each  member  for 
all  cars  detained  on  sidings  connected  with  or  operated  by  its  road, 
and  moneys  so  collected  shall  not  be  refunded  except  upon  the 
written  order  of  the  Manager  as  provided  herein. 

Sec.  2.  All  bills  of  lading,  receipts  for  freight,  expense  or  freight 
bills,  and  notices,  shall  have  printed  or  stamped  thereon  a notation 
advising  consignors  or  consignees  of  the  charges  that  will  be 
made  for  the  detention  to  cars  while  loading  or  unloading. 

Sec.  3.  No  railroad,  member  of  this  Association,  shall  hold  in 
transit  any  loaded  cars  destined  to  points  covered  by  this  Agree- 
ment, unless  the  same  shall  be  done  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding 
blockades.  In  case  it  becomes  necessary  to  hold  back  such  cars  for 
the  purposes  stated,  the  Manager  of  the  Association  shall  be  notified 
immediately  by  the  road  concerned,  and  he  shall  investigate  the 
matter  with  a view  of  determining  whether  such  action  is,  or  is 
not,  a violation  of  the  intent  of  this  Agreement. 

Sec.  4.  Any  road  holding  back  cars  of  freight  destined  to 
points  embraced  in  this  Agreement,  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding 
the  charges  for  detention,  shall  be  considered  as  having  violated 
the  terms  of  this  Agreement,  and  to  be  liable  to  the  penalty 
therefor. 

Sec.  5.  For  each  violation  of  this  Agreement,  which  shall  be 
proven  to  the  satisfaction  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  at 
any  regular  meeting  of  the  Association  to  have  been  intentional,  a 


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penalty  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500.00)  shall  be  paid  by  the 
road  at  fault.  Moneys  so  collected  shall  be  used  in  paying  the 
expenses  of  the  Association,  but  no  part  thereof  shall  be  credited 
to  the  expense  account  of  the  road  fined. 

Sec.  6.  In  case  any  railroad  not  a member  of  this  Association 
desires  to  join  the  same,  application  shall  be  made  through  the 
Chairman  or  Manager,  and  if  such  application  is  approved  by  the 
Executive  Committee,  or  by  a majority  of  the  members  present  at 
any  meeting  of  the  Association,  the  applicant  shall  be  entitled  to 
membership  on  signing  the  Agreement. 

ARTICLE  Y. 

Section  1.  It  is  agreed  that  uniform  charges  for  detention  of 
cars  and  use  of  tracks  shall  be  enforced  by  all  the  railroads  belong- 
ing to  this  Association  at  all  points  now,  or  hereafter,  covered  by 
this  Agreement,  as  provided  in  the  following  rules: 

Sec.  2.  Car  Service  Rules. 

1.  A charge  of  one  dollar  ($1.00)  per  car  per  day  or  fraction 
of  a day  shall  be  made  for  car  service  and  use  of  track  on  all  cars 
not  unloaded  within  forty-eight  (48)  hours  after  arrival,  not  in- 
cluding Sundays  or  legal  holidays,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

2.  Forty -eight  (48)  hours  will  be  allowed  for  loading  cars  on 
team  or  private  track,  after  the  expiration  of  which  time  a charge 
will  be  made  of  one  dollar  ($1.00)  per  car  per  day  or  fraction 
thereof,  Sundays  and  legal  holidays  excepted.  The  legal  holidays 
are  New  Year’s  Day,  Washington’s  Birthday,  Decoration  Day, 
Fourth  of  July,  Labor  Day,  General  Election  Day,  Thanksgiving 
Day  and  Christmas  Day. 

3.  The  charge  of  one  dollar  ($1.00)  per  day  shall  not  be  made 
on  cars  loaded  with  coal  or  coke  until  twenty-four  (24)  hours 
have  elapsed  after  the  usual  forty-eight  (48)  hours  allowed  for 
unloading. 

4.  Cars  containing  coal  or  coke  shipped  by  or  on  account 
of  any  member  of  this  Association  to  itself  or  its  regular  sales 
agents,  and  standing  on  its  own  tracks  or  on  the  private  tracks  of 


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such  agents,  will  not  be  subject  to  car  service  until  consigned  for 
delivery  to  a local  consignee. 

5.  When  both  cars  and  tracks  are  owned  by  the  same  private 
party  no  charge  will  be  made ; but  when  private  cars  are  detained 
on  the  tracks  of  other  corporations,  firms  or  individuals,  or  on 
tracks  belonging  to  or  operated  by  members  of  this  Association,  or 
cars  controlled  by  the  latter  on  private  tracks,  the  established 
charge  will  apply. 

6.  Cars  containing  freight  in  transit  billed  through  over  rail  or 
water  lines  not  held  for  orders  or  for  disposition  by  the  consignee, 
shipments  which  are  to  be  unloaded  in  and  delivered  from  railroad 
freight  houses,  and  company  material,  will  not  be  subject  to  charge, 
and  should  not  be  included  in  reports  to  the  Manager. 

7.  Cars  detained  for  want  of  billing  instructions,  by  reason 
of  improper  or  imperfect  billing,  or  by  reason  of  improper,  un- 
safe or  excessive  loading,  shall  be  subject  to  car  service  under 
these  rules. 

8.  Cars  detained  at  any  point  within  the  territory  of  this  Asso- 
ciation by  reason  of  being  billed  to  order,  awaiting  bills  of  lad- 
ing, or  awaiting  instructions  as  to  disposition  by  the  shipper  or 
consignee,  shall  be  subject  to  car  service  charges  under  these  rules, 
and  must  be  reported  to  the  Manager  by  the  road  upon  which  they 
are  detained  or  held. 

9.  A full  record  shall  be  made  of  the  arrival  and  disposition  of 
all  cars  subject  to  car  service  rules,  and  the  agent  of  each  road  shall 
make  daily  reports  to  the  Manager  on  such  forms  and  in  such  man- 
ner as  may  be  prescribed  by  him  from  time  to  time. 

10.  On  cars  arriving  after  seven  o’clock  (7)  a.  m.,  car  service  will 
be  charged  after  the  expiration  of  forty-eight  (48)  hours  from  seven 
(7)  a.  m.  following.  On  cars  arriving  after  twelve  (12)  o’clock  noon, 
car  service  will  be  charged  after  the  expiration  of  forty-eight  (48) 
hours  from  noon  following. 

11.  When  cars  are  delayed  after  arrival  beyond  the  time 
allowed  by  Rule  10,  on  account  of  failure  of  shipper  or  consignee 
to  give  prompt  notice  of  disposition,  the  time  so  consumed  shall 
be  considered  a part  of  the  forty-eight  (48)  hours  allowed  for 
unloading. 


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12.  On  cars  consigned  direct  to  team  or  private  tracks,  or 
which  may  be  so  delivered  on  standing  or  advance  orders  from  the 
consignee,  car  service  will  be  charged  after  the  expiration  of  forty- 
eight  (48)  hours  from  the  time  such  cars  are  placed  on  the  tracks 
designated.  If  placed  after  seven  (7)  a.  m.,  the  forty-eight  (48) 
hours  will  begin  at  seven  (7)  a.  m.  following  placing ; if  placed 
after  twelve  (12)  o’clock  noon,  the  forty -eight  (48)  hours  will  begin 
at  noon  following  placing. 

13.  On  cars  not  consigned  direct  to  team  or  private  tracks,  the 
forty-eight  (48)  hours  allowed  for  unloading  will  begin  at  seven  (7) 
a.  m.  or  twelve  (12)  noon  (see  Rule  10)  following  arrival,  will  con- 
tinue until  order  for  disposition  is  given  by  consignee,  and  will 
begin  again  at  the  actual  hour  when  placed  according  to  such 
order,  excepting  that  cars  so  placed  between  the  hours  of  six 

(6)  p.  m.  and  seven  (7)  a.  m.  will  be  regarded  as  placed  at  seven 

(7)  a.  m. 

14.  Cars  containing  freight  to  be  delivered  on  team  tracks  or 
private  sidings  shall  be  delivered  on  the  tracks  designated  on  the 
way-bills  immediately  upon  arrival,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  the 
ordinary  -routine  of  yard-work  will  p(  rmit.  The  time  consumed 
in  placing  such  cars,  or  in  switching  cars  for  which  directions  are 
given  by  consignee  after  arrival,  shall  not  be  included  in  the  time 
allowed  for  unloading.  No  car  shall  be  held  from  delivery  in  any 
manner  if  it  can  be  delivered  as  provided  in  these  rules,  and  the 
Manager  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  seeing  that  the  purposes  for 
which  this  Association  is  formed  are  not  evaded  by  any  member  of 
the  same. 

15.  Delivery  of  cars  shall  be  considered  to  have  been  effected 
at  the  time  when  such  cars  have  been  placed  on  recognized  or 
designated  delivery  tracks,  or  if  such  track  or  tracks  contain  cars 
belonging  to  the  same  consignee  and  detained  over  forty-eight  (48) 
hours,  when  the  road  offering  the  cars  would  have  delivered  them 
had  the  condition  of  such  tracks  permitted. 

16.  The  delivery  of  cars  consigned  to  or  ordered  to  private 
tracks  shall  be  considered  to  have  been  effected  either  when  such 
cars  have  been  placed  on  the  tracks  designated,  or  if  such  track  or 


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tracks  be  full,  when  the  road  offering  the  cars  would  have  made 
delivery  had  the  condition  of  such  tracks  permitted. 

17.  Cars  must  not  be  held  from,  or  outside  of  the  place 
to  which  they  are  consigned,  for  the  purpose  of  evading  car  service 
charges.  When  cars  are  so  held  by  reason  of  the  consignee 
not  being  ready  to  receive  and  unload  the  same,  the  agent  at 
destination  shall  be  informed  of  such  detention,  and  such  cars  shall 
be  included  in  his  reports  to  the  Manager  from  the  time  at  which 
they  would  otherwise  have  arrived  and  been  delivered  to  consignee, 
as  provided  in  Rules  15  and  16. 

18.  Consignees  will  not  be  allowed  to  detain  cars  more  than 
forty-eight  (48)  hours  without  charge  because  they  intend  to  recon- 
sign or  load  such  cars  with  other  freight.  Cars  will  not  be  subject 
to.  orders  for  loading  by  the  owners  of  property  contained  therein, 
or  by  any  other  shipper,  until  the  same  are  empty. 

19.  When  freight  is  transferred  from  one  car  to  another, 
charges  for  detention  will  continue,  the  same  as  if  the  freight  had 
originally  been  shipped  in  the  car  to  which  transfer  is  made;  but 
the  consignee  will  not  be  charged  with  the  time  lost  by  reason  of 
such  transfer  unless  the  same  is  caused  by  his  fault  or  done  by  his 
order. 

20.  When  cars  which  have  been  ordered  for  delivery  on  the 
tracks  of  another  road  are  refused  by  the  latter  on  account  of  the 
inability  of  the  consignee  to  receive  and  unload  the  same,  imme- 
diate notice. thereof  shall  be  given  the  road  offering  such  cars,  and 
car  service  shall  be  continued  thereon  until  accepted  by  the  receiv- 
ing road  or  otherwise  disposed  of  by  the  shipper. 

21.  When  cars  on  which  car  service  charges  have  accrued  are 
ordered  for  delivery  to  a connecting  road,  such  charges  shall  be 
collected  by  the  agent  of  the  forwarding  road. 

22.  When  cars  upon  which  car  service  charges  have  accrued 
are  ordered  to  other  points,  if  collection  cannot  otherwise  be  made, 
charges  will  be  billed  forward  as  advances. 

23.  Car  service  charges  shall  be  collected  in  the  same  manner 
and  with  the  same  regularity  and  promptness  as  transportation 


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charges,  and  agents  will  report  to  the  Manager  of  the  Association 
the  name  of  any  corporation,  firm  or  individual  refusing  to  pay  the 
same. 

24.  Property  upon  which  car  service  charges  have  accrued 
shall  be  held  by  the  road,  and  the  consignee  will  not  be  allowed 
to  remove  the  same  from  the  company’s  premises,  or  from  cars  on 
its  team  tracks,  until  the  charges  that  have  accrued  thereon  are 
paid. 

25.  Claims  for  refunding  of  car  service  charges  must  be  made 
upon  the  Manager  of  the  Association,  and  not  upon  the  road  or 
agent  collecting  the  same.  Car  service  charges  collected  under 
these  rules  shall  not  be  refunded,  except  by  order  of  the  Manager, 
and  claims  for  the  refunding  of  such  charges  will  not  be  considered 
unless  accompanied  by  receipted  bills  for  the  amounts  paid. 

26.  Agents  will  collect  car  service  charges  accruing  under 
the  rules  as  explained  herein,  regardless  of  the  condition  of  the 
weather.  On  receipt  of  claims  for  refunding  car  service  charges 
alleged  to  have  been  incurred  by  reason  of  bad  weather,  the 
Manager  will  decide  each  case  on  its  merits,  taking  into  considera- 
tion the  nature  of  the  freight  in  connection  with  the  weather,  and 

will  authorize  such  refund  as  in  his  judgment  may  be  right  and 
proper. 

27.  All  complaints  which  may  arise  from  non-conformity  to 
any  of  the  rules  of  this  Association,  or  from  neglect  or  discrimina- 
tion in  enforcing  the  same,  and  all  doubtful  or  complicated  cases 
involving  any  uncertainty  as  to  the  proper  meaning  and  application 
of  these  rules,  shall  be  referred  to  the  Manager  for  decision. 

28.  The  territory  of  the  Association  is  hereby  defined  as 
follows  : The  State  of  New  York  east  of  a line  drawn  through 
and  including  Sod  us  Point,  Wallington,  Newark,  Canandaigua, 
Painted  Post  and  Lawrenceville,  and  north  of  a line  running  due 
east  from  Susquehanna,  Pa.,  to  the  eastern  boundary — including 
stations  on  the  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  & W.  R.  R.  Painted  Post  to  Canisteo 
inclusive,  and  excluding  stations  on  the  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  & W.  R.  R. 
east  of  Susquehanna,  Pa.;  Lawrenceville,  Waverly,  Great  Bend, 
and  Susquehanna,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  ; the  State  of  Yer- 


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mont ; the  State  of  Massachusetts  west  of  Millers  Falls  and  north 
of  and  including  the  Fitchburg  R.  R.;  and  such  other  territory  as 
may  be  covered  by  any  of  the  members  of  this  Association. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Section  1.  This  Association  shall  continue  for  one  (1)  year 
from  July  1st,  1891,  and  thereafter,  until  dissolved  by  a majority 
vote  of  all  the  members;  but  any  member  may  withdraw  at  the 
end  of  each  year  by  giving  written  notice  to  the  Chairman  ninety 
(90)  days  previous  to  that  time. 

In  witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  affixed  our  names  for  our 
respective  Companies. 


Bennington  & Rutland  Railway, 

By-.: : ' 

Canada  Atlantic  Railway, 

By .... 

Central  Vermont  Railroad, 

By. 

Connecticut  River  Railroad, 

By  

Delaware  & Hudson  Canal  Company, 

By 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  & Western  Railroad, 

By 

Elmira,  Cortland  & Northern  Railroad, 


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Fall  Brook  Coal  Company, 

By 

Fitchburg  Railroad, 

By 

Grand  Trunk  Railway, 

By 

Lehigh  Valley  Railroad. 

By 

New  York  Central  & Hudson  Riyer  Railroad, 

By 

New  York,  Lake  Erie  & Western  Railroad, 

By - , 

New  York,  Ontario  & Western  Railroad, 

By 

Northern  Central  Railway, 

By 

Rome,  Watertown  & Ogdensburg  Railroad, 

By 

Syracuse  & Baldwinsville  Railway, 

By - 

Syracuse,  Binghamton  & New  York  Railroad, 

By 


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Syracuse,  Ontario  & New  York  Railway, 

By 

West  Shore  Railroad, 

By 


By 


